Memorial

Welcome! Welcome to the Virtual War Memorial Museum. Here, you can find stories of veterans from WWII and Vietnam. War often creates traumatic memories that can dramatically change a person’s life, but coming home can be just as tragic as on the battlefield. While WWII soldiers received a hero’s welcome, soldiers from Vietnam weren’t so lucky, being seen as monster in the public eye. Nevertheless, I am grateful for all of the veterans who have served and protected our country, and to those…

Since I was raised Catholic, I attended Memorial Baptist Church on Leslie Campbell Avenue in Buies Creek. After attending the 11:00 a.m. service on October 29th, I recognized similarities between this church and that of my childhood as well as differences in the areas of song, prayer, and the focal points of worship, a myriad of which were topics tied into class concepts addressed throughout the semester. Several components mirrored those of Catholicism, but others contrasted my prior…

Curt Cody Thorne Memorial Football Scholarship Football was, is, and always will be the greatest sport on the planet. Playing football at Tiger stadium is nonetheless the best feeling ever. When you walk out of the tunnel and see a crowd you begin to get a tingle that you can not control and focus on one thing, the opponent. One thing you have to be able to handle as a football player is adversity. I have played varsity football since I was in the ninth grade and have overcome many things.…

she was fired for not coming back when she was pressured to do so and for fulling exercising her FMLA rights. Terwillinger, now a former employee of Howard Memorial Hospital, did end up losing her claim as she was not denied her right to use FMLA leave. Terwillinger’s case did bring about various points that were laid out for both employers and employees to abide by in order avoid interference claims of this nature. All employers should strive to make sure that all employees are aware of the…

Before embarking on my high school journey at Sayreville War Memorial High School I was told to join clubs. Sophomore year I attended the September SADD meeting. SADD stands for Students Against Destructive Decisions and it is a club that encourages students to confront the daily risks of living in the world today. The advisor, Ms. Corrales, would always pick an issue in society for each meeting and provide us with the best tools to go about handling the issue. During my sophomore year, she…

War. Battles are not always fought with guns and blood, it can be a fight for different ideas, necessity and equality, which can be seen through Canada’s history. Canada has continues to positively impact issues concerning human rights and equality on an international scale from the early 1900s to the present day by setting a good example for other countries to follow. Some significant events such as the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the Person’s Case and bringing home the constitution and the charter…

The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded in 1917. This league consisted of six teams, called the original six. These teams were the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the New York Rangers. These teams played for twenty five years until the leagues first expansion. Today, there are thirty teams in the NHL. There are six players on the ice, one center, two wings, two defenseman, and a goalie. This is one line, and each team…

In the article, “Ad Industry Veterans Honored with Cola Memorial” it is taking the time during Cola Wars, a critic from the Onion, a satirical website. The rivalry between Pepsi and Coke then compares it to a real war, but actually, intend to ridicule the soda rivalry. The purpose of this article was to denounce those who allow simple, insignificant things, such as beverage choice to become a heightened situation when there are tremendous problems in society. American consumers were mocked with…

Family, friends, and employees were all at my family’s land on Memorial Day having our annual 5k mud run when we got that awful call. I remember coming up the big creek embankment and hearing people scream in panic and hearing what sounded like vehicles trying to get unstuck. I thought to myself “What could be wrong?” thinking someone had got injured. I remember my cousin, Cole, frantically running to me telling me to hurry because my uncle’s pet store, Pet World, in Lawrence was on fire. That…

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors on September 24, 2016, for its visitors to exclusively acknowledge the documentations of African American lives, past and present. Although the museum itself does not provide an extensive collection of stories of bygone eras, the contemporary stories that the museum provides have a lot to tell in regards to the African American history, culture, and community. However, the stories themselves are not the only…